Browsing Harvard Kennedy School by Keyword "Public finance"

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    • Behavioral Economics Perspective on Public Sector Pension Plans 

      Beshears, John Leonard; Choi, James J.; Laibson, David I.; Madrian, Brigitte (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
      We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. Unlike in the private sector, defined benefit (DB) pensions are still the norm in the public sector. However, a few ...

    • The Tax Everyone Loves to Hate: Principle of Property Tax Reform 

      Rosengard, Jay K. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
      The dilemma is real and profound: most countries have a property tax, but few of their citizens like the tax. The property tax is the tax everyone loves to hate. Countries can seldom live with the tax as initially designed, ...